Count me among the TMOLS lovers. I've been getting the impression that there are more of us than it seems like and the people who don't like the song just talk about it more.
I'm not sure how many controversial opinions I have. I think there are a lot of songs I like that others don't, which is normal for me. When I fall in love with a band, I tend to like most of what they've done. It's not like I blind myself to anything negative, I just typically find myself liking most of the things the artist created.
I guess I'll list a few unpopular songs/sections of songs that I like more than most, and then I'll see if I come up with any negative opinions.
- You Not Me - It's not high art, but I don't have a problem with it as a short pop-rock song. Chorus is actually fairly catchy.
- Burning My Sawwww - Yes, the backing vocals are hideous, and it's not one of DT's best songs, but I don't really see what's wrong with it as a mostly straight-head heavy song.
- Just Let Me Breathe - Same as BMS.
- As I Am - Ah, the first negative one. I'm actually starting to think of them now. Yeah, I just don't find this song that great. I feel like it takes too long to get started and loses too much steam on the quiet part of the prechorus to be a good rocker like CM. Ironically, this was the first DT song I heard on an album I bought. Actually, I will go so far as to say that this is probably my least favorite DT song of the millennium at least. Still like it, which shows how much of a fanboy I am.
- Home - I like it but not as much as most people seem to. BTL, SDV, O28 and maybe even FF, TSCO and FT are better songs on the album.
- Constant Motion - I really love this song. Vocally, musically, lyrically. Same with TDEN but that's become so commonly stated lately that I don't think it qualifies as controversial anymore. It's high time CM got the same level of love (maybe not quite as much but still).
- A Nightmare to Remember - Mike's vocal passage fits just fine with the lyrics and I'm glad he did it.
- On that same topic, I miss MP's vocals on ADTOE and expect to miss them even more on DT12 if it is in fact a heavier album. Hopefully we'll see more vocal contributions from Petrucci.
- Build Me Up, Break Me Down - I quite like it. Especially that chorus.
- A Rite of Passage - Has probably the best solo section on BC&SL. And one of the best choruses.
- I guess it would be lame to end with a fairly safe statement about AROP, so I'll go with something that seems to be a semi-popular opinion but still a minority one: A Change of Seasons is vastly overrated in my view and I would rank it outside my top 20. I keep listening to it in hopes of hearing what others do, but to me the first half of the song is middling, which can't make up for the second half no matter how excellent it may be.
Wow, I actually came up with a lot there. Wasn't planning on that. Well, here you go DTF.